Moving Vortec

{UI}Bald_Yew|MyU · Post by **{UI}Bald_Yew|MyU** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 3:30 pm

I have noticed while playing invasion in both UT2k3 and UT2k4 that occaisonally after someone throws a vortec in a group of monsters the vortec and the monsters will go zipping away in a random direction.
Is this a bug, an 'enhancement', or is there some way to stear the vortec?

(Note: The 2 main Invasion servers I play on run both the Chaos and Excessive mods.)

Kaboodles · Post by **Kaboodles** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 3:46 pm

It was weird. I was playing Chaos CTF on Face3 with some bots, and I picked up the Gravity Vortex. I went over near the front of their base, and launched the Vortex right in front of their main base entrance, which was at the front. I started lobbing standard grenades into the vortex to see if they would fly around like the Phoenix bombs in that pic you had a while back. Then, all of a sudden, the vortex just flies upwards to about 100 ft and dissipates, taking several body chunks and with it. I stood there for 6 seconds trying to figure out, and then some bot killed me. I have used the Vortex several times, but this is the first time this has ever happened to me. Is this supposed to happen?

TKATK · Post by **TKATK** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 6:02 pm

it seems like the opposite of what was plannned(vortex moving rockets)

jeditobe1 · Post by **jeditobe1** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 6:04 pm

Once it fires up.. the vortex itself should not move. That said, fast moving projectiles (and players) can and have been known to orbit it.

Kaboodles · Post by **Kaboodles** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 6:15 pm

Yeah but this time the Vortex shot straight up into the air and dissipated.

It was AWESOME!

TKATK · Post by **TKATK** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 6:37 pm

if you find out how to do it,then CTF players would cattapult theyre flag carriers around with that(no FF servers)

Isotope · Post by **Isotope** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 6:43 pm

I was able to put a vortex under a couple bulldogs for the same effect.

Post by **Shadowstar** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:24 pm

Well, the vortex isn't exactly a controlled phenomenon. Maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to leave that in, after all, a vortex that occasionally exhibits highly unusual or random behavior isn't all that unrealistic.

neolith · Post by **neolith** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:44 pm

Shadowstar wrote:Maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to leave that in [...]

LOL!

ChaosUT - We create new features from bugs!

Post by **R.Flagg** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:46 pm

It wouldn't be the 1st time.

(not to be taken as endorsement for this particular idea, though)

TKATK · Post by **TKATK** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 7:53 pm

it would be a nice thing to see a list of bugs

it would actually be a good idea to leave it in,chaotic

too bad the headless runners were removed

Kaboodles · Post by **Kaboodles** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 9:07 pm

How about you allow weapons to remove limbs while the players are still alive? They can run around with their health constantly dropping until they get a health pack and grow it back!

And how about locational damage? Shots to the arm should hurt a lot less than headshots or crotch-shots!

And could you make it so that Vortexes interact with each other? Like two Vortexes orbiting each other and colliding to create giant Mega-Vortexes!

TKATK · Post by **TKATK** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 9:10 pm

Alive limb removing-Im-Poss-Ible

Directional-wouldnt fit chaos too much imo

Kaboodles · Post by **Kaboodles** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 9:14 pm

How is it impossible? It worked with headshots, right?

TKATK · Post by **TKATK** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 9:46 pm

well,if i remember correctly thats impossible